I declare if the very mention of a woman to some of you old baches don't make your heads soften up like a jellyfish in the sun! Ain't Cy Whittaker got money?
Ain't he got a nice home?
Ain't he happy ?" "Yes, he is now, I s'pose, but--" "WELL, then! And you want him to get married! What do you know about marryin'?
Never tried it, have you ?" "Course I ain't! You know I ain't." "All right.

Then I'd keep quiet about such things, if I was you." "You needn't fly up like a settin' hen.

Everybody's wife ain't--" He stopped in the middle of the sentence.
"What's that ?" demanded his companion, sharply.
"Nothin'; nothin'.

_I_ don't care; I was only tryin' to fix things comf'table for Whit.

Has Heman said anything about the harbor appropriation sence he's been home?
I haven't heard of it if he has." Mr.Bangs's answer was a grunt, signifying a negative.